Painter&#39;s pot hanger



Aug. 12, 1941. c. T. MILLER PAINTERS POT HANGER Filed Aug. 6, 1940 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 14 .9 J 'jr o l o 0- o f J Z l8 .9 I J. @1514 a I P Inventor Cin /e;

Attorney Aug. 12, 1941. MlLLER 2,252,639

PAINTERS POT HANGER Filed Aug. 6, 1940 Sheets-Sheet 2 In ventor Z0 Jar/e:

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A ttorney Patented Aug. 12, 1941 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE PAINTERS POT HANGER Charles T. Miller, Paramus, N. J.

Application Augusto, 1940, Serial No. 351,579

1 Claim This invention appertains to new and useful improvements in hanger means for painters pots and more particularly to a hanger which can employed for hanging a painters pot in various positions on a ladder.

The principal object of the present invention is to provide a painters pot hanger which can be utilized for hanging a painters pot in any number of different positions depending upon where the painter is painting in relation to the ladder.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent to the reader of the following specification.

In the drawings: 1

Figure 1 represents a front elevational view of a ladder showing the hanger employed and the pot being supported betwen the side runners.

Figure 2 is a sectional view on the line 2-4 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a sectionon the line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a front elevational view of the U- shaped member.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary, detailed sectional view taken substantially on the line 5-5 of Figure 1.

Figure 6 is a fragmentary front elevational view showing the pot supported at the right side of the ladder.

Figure 7 is a vertical sectional view through a ladder showing the pot supported at the left of the ladder.

Referring to the drawings wherein like numerals designate like parts, it can be seen that numerals 5, 5 denote the side runners of a ladder connected by rungs 6. Numeral 1 denotes a painters pot with theimproved hanger generally referred to by numeral 8 attached thereto.

This hanger consists in the provision of a pair of plates 9, 9 riveted to the pot 1 adjacent its upper edge and each formed with an offset intermediate transverse portion defining socket for the reception of the leg portions III, III of a U-shaped member ll.

The U-shaped member I I has an eye l2 formed at the intermediate portion of its bight.

Numeral l3 denotes a substantially L-shaped connector member having an eye It at one end and an eye ii at its opposite end. A hook member 16 has ,an eye member I! at the end of its shank. A rivet or the like [8 extends through the eyes l5 and I! to swivelly connect the hook l6 to the L-shaped member 13. Furthermore, a rivet I9 extends through the eyes I2 and M for swivelly connecting the connector l3 to the U- shaped member II.

It can now be seen that a swivelled action of the hook Hi can be had with respect to the L- shaped member l3 and a swivelled action of the L-shaped member can be had With respect to the U-shaped member II, to the end that the painters pot can be supported in various positions convenient for the painter as he paints from various sides or through the ladder.

The eyes I 2 and I4 and the eyes l5 and I! have lock washers l2 therebetween to place tension on said eyes for sustaining any of the adjusted positions of the hook I6 and the L-shaped,

connector member I3.

While the foregoing specifications sets forth the invention in specific terms, it is to be under stood that numerous changes in the shape. size and materials may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

Having described the invention, what claimed as new is:

. A hanger of the character describe-d comprising a substantially U-shaped receptacle attachable element having an eye intermediate its end portions, a substantially lateral connector, upstanding end portions on said connector, one upstanding end portion having a lateral opening therethrough and the other upstanding end portion having a vertical opening therethrough, means extending through said eye and the lateral opening in said one upstanding end portion to swivelly secure said lateral connector and U- shaped element together, a hook, a shank on said hook, a laterally disposed end portion on said shank having a vertical opening therein in alignment with said vertical opening in said other upstanding end portion of said connector, and means extending through said aligned openings for swivelly securing the laterally disposed end portion on said shank and the said other upstanding end portion of said connector together.

CHARLES T. MILLER. 

